Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
· KRGV (NBC 5)
A federal judge has ruled that the revamped Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, part of the Trump administration's election integrity efforts, is unlawful. U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan stated that the program's upgrades could lead to wrongful voter purges by aggregating sensitive personal data. She emphasized that the government violated privacy rights and statutory protections against centralizing personal information. This ruling is a significant setback for Trump’s initiatives to address noncitizen voting. Advocacy groups, including the League of Women Voters, argued that the program endangered valid voters, particularly naturalized citizens, by risking erroneous data use.
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